The only way to eventually be able to remove your allied Roman families and the annoying Senate from existence is to gain the people's approval. That leads us to the next point – triggering a civil war. There is no way to stop them from giving you missions unless you destroy the SPQR faction, which is not possible early on. If you refuse to listen to them, they might punish you, which can be quite painful. If you follow their „advice“, you will be rewarded with money, troops and a good reputation amongst the senators which might result in some of your family members being elected to certain positions (for example, Consul or Praetor). Those can range from simply getting trade agreements with a certain faction up to taking regions and even being told to sacrifice your faction leader. Since you are one of the three Roman families represented in Rome: Total War, the Senate (the purple Senatus Populusque Romanus faction) will give you many tasks and quests to do throughout your campaign. Out of those two, Macedonia is most likely your biggest challenge early on. The Greeks and Macedonians are the most obvious enemies to your faction as they are the closest geographically. To the east there is the Greek peninsula with several rebel settlements, the Macedonian kingdom (black) and more Greek cities. Overseas there is Sicily close to your lands in the south-west, with one allied Scipii city and one settlement of each the Greek City States (beige) and Carthage (white). You only border with those allied factions at the start, thus a land invasion is out of the picture at that stage. At the start, you are allied to the SPQR (purple), Julii Romans (red) and Scipii Romans (blue) and you cannot declare war on them until much later (more of this later on). You have one diplomat and one spy as well, who should be used to gain knowledge and trade rights of the whole known world in order to improve your economy. The two regions you own are generally fertile and both have harbors, which gives you great sea trade possibilities. The Junius (Brutii) family was thus undoubtedly of quite a significance throughout the rule and rise of Rome.Īs the Brutii Romans (green), you begin the game with two cities in southern Italy, Croton and Tarentum. He paved the way for the Roman Republic which would exist for almost 500 years, until eventually being replaced by the Roman Empire. A prime example of that would be Lucius Junius Brutus, the man who was responsible for overthrowing the last Roman king, Tarquinius Superbus. However, there is much more to the history of that proud Roman family. Marcus Junius Brutus, one of Caesar's assassins, is certainly of the most famous members of the gens Junii (called Brutii in Rome: Total War). „Et tu, Brute?“ Who doesn't know those famous words spoken by the betrayed Caesar? Lucius Junius Brutus-Marcus Junius Brutus Original thread: The House of the Brutii - Faction Guide
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